Ramsey-number definition
(combinatorics) Any one of a certain set of numbers which are guaranteed to exist by Ramsey's theorem; a positive integer which is a certain function of some given multiset of positive integers, where that "certain function" is that which yields the minimal number guaranteed to exist by Ramsey's theorem.
noun
Advertisement
Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
ramsey-number
Plural:
Ramsey numbersOrigin of ramsey-number
- Named after Frank Plumpton Ramsey (1903–1930), British mathematician, philosopher and economist.
From Wiktionary